lawn bubble

Meaning

Noun

• A phenomenon that occurs after heavy rains, where rain water flows under a lawn's thatched grass root and rhizome layer, but is unable to drain further due to saturated soil underneath, creating a muddy water-filled bubble cavity between the grass and the underlying dirt.

Related

Similar words

• lawn blister
• turf blister
• grass boil

Origin

• lawn + bubble.
• From being a plastic cavity confined under a grassy field.